Don't know about the ratings but they are certainly better than the Aussies and English.

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

their ranking is inflated by friendlies and a confederation that contains only a handful of decent teams. unlike UEFA and CONMEBOL which are strong across the boardthey have no pedigree in the sport and are no where near as strong as Netherlands or France nor Chile

they parked the bus against Germany hoping to get a 0-0 draw and the only match they've won so far in the tournament is against a team under a match fixing cloud

i hope Belgium give them a lesson but strange things can happen at a World Cup

Right katto and that is why serious commentators are taking Dempsey and Howard the goalie a force to reckon with eh.. Aussies fukked up. As usual I would refrain to add but you know they did playing like a bunch of street footballers and that won't do at this level eh.. Stop being Gregg chapplesq

Striped Lungi wrote:Right katto and that is why serious commentators are taking Dempsey and Howard the goalie a force to reckon with eh.. Aussies fukked up. As usual I would refrain to add but you know they did playing like a bunch of street footballers and that won't do at this level eh.. Stop being Gregg chapplesq

why do you think your barbs at the Aussies have any effect on me?soccer in Australia is like soccer in India. it has no profile and is far behind the national sports of Cricket and other football codes.the current squad is extremely weak and dont deserve to even be at the world cup but because asia is extremely weak they are.

i'm merely calling it as i see it with regards to USA.

who are these serious commentators you speak of? are they american by any chance?

Dempsey was offloaded by Tottenham and Howard is just an average goalkeeper.

But the fact remains, they have made it to the second round when most big teams haven't.

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

Their ranking is boosted because they are the best in their region and very rarely play European or South American in competitive games.

Overall the Fifa ranking means shit. But they do use it when ranking team's in groups etc.

Every sport seems to have the same issues.

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

USA may not have a soccer pedigree but it has come a long way in the last 20-25 years. A part of this is because soccer has become a mass sport in this period. Young kids play soccer in their school and community playgrounds. Once the USA gets serious about something and pumps money into it, you know it' is going to produce world-class sportspersons in that field. That's the US sports tradition.

raja wrote:Argentina finally finally managed to get one goal in, just 2 minutes before end of extra time.Not impressed by them today but the bottom line is they are through.

Experienced teams tend to find a way.

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

What do you mean by experienced team? Argentina simply have better players as simple as that.

That was a compliment youngster.

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

Katto it is fun to tickle you. The fact remains aus screwed up and the fact remains you got tickled and the fact remains USA not only made it to top 32 they went to top sixteen and are into extra time against Belgium. Fact remains Tottenham average or a theorize Dempsey and Howard are talked abound by more general junta than warne Bret Lee and ponting combined. And the fact remains you were passed.

And no the commentators were not Americans. They were ex players of wc for various teams on ESPN one was from Germany and another was American steak no fukked up English.

Switzerland's play was rather strange last night.Their players kept dribbling instead of clearing the ball when it was close to their goalpost and there were Argentinian players all around.And often they'd be successful with the dribble - and then pass the ball straight to an Argentinian player.

Argentina looked off-colour, otherwise Switzerland would have been punished more. Having said that, Switzerland held their own for the most part. Only in extra time, did they visibly wilt.

Actually Swiss were visibly nervous and rather confused lot. Argentinian were able to turn the screws almost at will and when the Swiss showed bursts of exuberance they just were diffused nit by the argentine brilliance but their own undoing.

Argentina just were all over the place and luck too was not their side foiling messi efforts with a chance save.

Striped Lungi wrote:Actually Swiss were visibly nervous and rather confused lot. Argentinian were able to turn the screws almost at will and when the Swiss showed bursts of exuberance they just were diffused nit by the argentine brilliance but their own undoing.

Argentina just were all over the place and luck too was not their side foiling messi efforts with a chance save.

That was a very good effort from US, I was hoping for a second drone....oh sorry goal

It is not often u com across a quality individual who lives n breathes loyalty 2 his country n teammates.His individual contribution has been outstanding despite continuing unwarranted n unfair criticism that he gets from both media n public–Dav on Misbah

Brazil V Columbia, fairly even, Brazil have Neymar but Columbia have Rodriguez who is probably player of the tournament so far. Germany v France - two exciting teams, cant separate them. Argentina v Belgium - Belgium should prove tricky for the Argentinians but then again - Messi. Holland (boo!) v Costa Rica - looks like a formality on paper, but I just cant bring myself to bet against los Ticos.

Hardly memorable QF but Germany did just enough to get through.France looked empty right from the start.And though they tried to apply pressure from time to time, the Germans were just too strong for them.But I would not consider this a particularly convincing performance from the Germans.They will need to up their game for the semis.

raja wrote:Hardly memorable QF but Germany did just enough to get through.France looked empty right from the start.And though they tried to apply pressure from time to time, the Germans were just too strong for them.But I would not consider this a particularly convincing performance from the Germans.They will need to up their game for the semis.

Germany looked good in the midfield for most part of the game. But they lacked the pace to go forward, till the second half, when the French were chasing the game.

France were poor, and were deservedly kicked out. They didn't show enough urgency in the last few minutes to get an equaliser.

Germany will have to improve if they are to go any further. But they'll take the win for the moment.